Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers

A Ritchie Bros. auction is an exciting event: millions of dollars of equipment, thousands of bidders, an item selling almost every minute – often for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here are some interesting facts from more than 50 years of Ritchie Bros. auctions:

Our first auction

1958 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada – CA$2,000 of furniture sold

Our first auction outside North America

1987 – in Liverpool, the United Kingdom

The largest auction in Ritchie Bros. history

US$203 million of equipment sold over six days at our Orlando, Florida auction site (February 2012)

Our largest Canadian auction

CA$143+ million (US$129+ million) of equipment sold over three days at our Edmonton, Alberta auction site (April 2014)

Our largest auction in Europe

US$67 million of equipment sold over three days at our Moerdijk, the Netherlands auction site (November 2004)